This year, the Pennsylvania Bar Association Legal Services to the Public Committee hits the quarter century mark in its efforts to highlight Pennsylvania lawyers who give generously of their time and expertise to provide legal services to low-income citizens. Nominations are currently being sought

With Punxsutawney Phil predicting six more weeks of winter, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) reminds the 12,202 consumers without use of a central heating system or using a potentially unsafe heating source in their homes to call about programs to help restore natural gas or electric service

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) will be holding a webinar about the 2012 Technology Initiative Grant (TIG) funding cycle on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. EST. The webinar will cover: Eligibility for the TIG program; 2012 Areas of Interest; The application process, including Letters

The January edition of the Health Law PA News, a free bi-monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project is now available. For prior editions or more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, please see the PHLP website at www.phlp.org.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department have announced the results of a massive national sweep cracking down on suspected identity theft perpetrators as part of a stepped-up effort against refund fraud and identity theft. Working with the Justice Department’s Tax Division and local U

Acting to reform and modernize a program vital to ensuring affordable communications for low-income consumers, the Federal Communications Commission today approved a comprehensive overhaul of its Lifeline program. As a universal service program that fulfills Congress’s mandate to ensure the

Millions of workers could overlook a special federal tax credit because they don't know about it. As a result, they could miss out on up to $5,751 extra in their federal income tax refunds through the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC. Last year, on average, the credit boosted refunds for eligible

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) reports that the nonprofit programs funded by LSC to deliver civil legal assistance to low-income Americans are implementing layoffs and staff reductions because of budget constraints, based on a survey conducted by LSC. According to the survey, LSC-funded